Steelyad

For the guys too far out, that’s completely understandable and I appreciate the shout. If ever I’m down south it might be possible to bring the capture gear to you- but for now I’ll stick to the grim north. Cheers though!

Just wanted to give this a quick bump, no-ones taken the free money/conversation offer yet

Hey all. Yes that’s Two notes of the Torpedo fame, yes- I make a lot of the cabs for the Torpedo series! i didn’t want to be so presumptive as to make a list, but I guess I’m looking for character as much as anything, so cabs like EBS, SWR, Trace (Ampeg has been captured to death unless you’ve got anything unusual) would be great. Maybe Barefaced and Darkglass would go down well, not sure the DG cabs are even out there yet... Also if you’ve got any cool guitar cabs I’d be interested in capturing their souls also (so to speak). I’ve done a lot of Zilla cabs and a few Marshalls, but if anyone’s got real old Marshall cabs (guitar or bass) they would be of special interest. Cheers again

Hi everyone. This is a strange request, but hopefully the BC community can help me out a bit. I’m trying to make sure my recording studio is financially supported- times can be tough recently. I’ve started working with Two Notes, a company that make hardware that uses virtual guitar/bass cabs, and through them my studio, Hop Pole Studios, is selling cabs and splitting the money. It’s not a great deal, but it’s passive income once the fancy magic is done. What i’m asking, strange as it may seem, is for some of your good selves to help out by bringing some of your lovely cabs to my studio for an afternoon. I’m not asking you to leave them with me, as I understand you wouldn’t trust someone you’ve never met before with your kit- but tea & biscuits would be supplied, as well as some beer/petrol money as thanks and to make things worth your while. We’re based in Ashton-under-Lyne, East Manchester, just off the M60 so those in Cornwall- it may be a bit too far! Capturing a cab takes about 2 hours, and you would always have the pride of looking in the Two notes store and saying “that’s my cab!” We’re also fairly flexible in terms of making ourselves available to suit you so if there’s a particular day you’d be available we would work around you (after all, you’d be doing us a favour in the long run). So thanks in advance Adam Hop Pole Studios

Thanks man. Was hoping it would go crazy viral, but not just yet Maybe over time...

Hey everyone I wanted to share this cover I just released - I layered every part from this HK 7-string bass, drums, bass, keys, vocals etc - everything is all one instrument! Feedback would be appreciated. Cheers - Adam, Hop Pole Studios

Hey bass brethren. I've recently upgraded my studio setup to include 5 iPads as touch-screen devices for Logic and Reaper. Excessive?..........yes. So? I made a video about it. Check it out! It's actually quite simple, not that expensive, and useful having all the faders at your fingers, just like the old days but with plugins, and editing and all that jazz! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFiRGHuPrKk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFiRGHuPrKk[/url]

http://hoppolestudio.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/reaper-close-audio.jpg Found it

It's supposed to do that, it's disengaging the audio drivers. If you don't want it to do that, you can change it in the settings

I use AX7s and they're spot on - the 8s are a bit too flubby for me (as are most 8s, their size means they're not as tight and accurate in the lows which is a much better tradeoff than going down a few more Hz but having no definition). The 5s are surprisingly good as well. For a small room though, be careful because the wall behind them may cancel out certain bass notes, meaning for instance you play an E and your ears rattle, play an A and it's almost gone..... i'd recommend getting the A5Xs and a sub to go with them. Sounds odd, but if your lows come from a different place (by your feet) they tend to reach your ears much more evenly around the room.

Hello again low-end brethren. This time i'm showing how different mics affect the tone of a guitar cab (and by extension a bass cab) hugely, more than a lot of people think. It's heavy music, but in some ways the distortion gives us extra spectral content which we can use to hear the differences much more clearly than on clean stuff. The first video is comparing single mics:- https://youtu.be/ZLZmT_ejTR0 The second video compares a combo of an SM57 + second mic:- https://youtu.be/BLXOdJrUBLs They're long, but the different mics are time-coded in the descriptions of the videos. Hope this helps people, I learned a lot whilst recording and editing these. -Adam

I used to use Waves a lot, I started using them over 10 years ago. At the time, they were better than a lot of inbuilt stuff and worth the money. Problem is, as they've grown they've released plugins that are really quite niche and also expensive, and most of their analog emulation plugins were great at release time but have been surpassed by far newer, cheaper plugins (Slate Digital, anyone?). I think they're largely cashing in on their size for reputation, and they're good because they're big, therefore they must be good. In the live arena, you can use their plugins in a lot of live desks which makes them hard to beat in that arena, but for studios i've moved on. Apart from the Puigtec Pultec emulations, i've not heard a better one yet.

And last but not least the Vintage 30 (if you didn't see it in the intro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTQerYXewCI Adam

And here's the link to the K100 clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiFMym7HHQ4 Adam

Howdy gentlemen, hope all is well in bass land. As well as being a bassist, i'm also a producer and mix engineer. Over the last year i've started making YouTube videos talking about everything from my bass rig (Ampeg 810 and Tech21 Landmark) through to recording on an iPad - hopefully some of this is useful to our low-end brethren. The most recent series focuses on comparing guitar speakers in the same cab, so we can hear back to back how they compare with no outside influences. I figured this could be helpful if you're one of the types who runs a guitar amp to get that old-school grit a-la Lemmy or such. The new Creamback speakers can handle 65-75W each so there's a lot less chance of us blowing them up! I'll be releasing more videos over the next few weeks comparing microphones on the cab (15 of them!), comparing preamp and poweramp tubes and much more besides. Any ideas for videos suited to the bass community are gladly taken! Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udpKb7d-JZo Creamback H: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsL0XIg7Sjk Creamback M: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lR3YqXiEy0 Creamback NEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EBqeDfQJ0Q EVH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKJo-4Stel0 Lynchback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmTmwv2ipUk There's also the K100 to come out tomorrow, which i'll add upon release. Cheers all! Adam Steel Hop Pole Studios / Banter Media PS Check out my channel https://www.youtube.com/c/steelyad for more recording focused stuff.

I can't say I'd have a go at anyone for preferring one way or the other, but I think you should learn how to play all different ways- that way you may find something you like that you'd otherwise have always ignored, and conversely you could say "I tried that way, didn't like it". At least then you have a sense of perspective